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vaccine, brought about by repeated re-sterilisation." 

 In no case was reinoculation done. The statistics 

 were compiled from information furnished by officers 

 of the Royal Army Medical Corps actually in 

 charge of troops in the various stations ; and were 

 supplemented by reports received from the com- 

 manding officers of the various inoculated regi- 

 ments. They are as follows : — 



Numbers under 

 Observation. 



Cases. 



Deaths. 



Percentage 

 of Cases. 



Percentage 

 of Deaths. 



Inoculated . 2835 

 Uninoculated 8460 



27 

 213 



5 



23 



O.95 

 2.5 



0.2 



o-34 



If the inoculated had been attacked equally 

 with the uninoculated throughout the period of 

 observation, they would have had 7 1 cases instead 

 of 27. 



These inoculations belong to the early part of 

 1899. During the rest of the year, inoculations 

 were made in India, Egypt, and Malta : the results 

 are given in an appendix to the Report of the Royal 

 Army Medical Department, 1899. (See British 

 Medical Journal, 21st September 1901.) The great 

 majority of the troops tabulated were in India. 

 Of the troops stationed at Malta, 61 were inoculated, 

 2456 not inoculated : among the former there were 

 no cases, among the latter there were 17 cases and 

 5 deaths. In Egypt, of 4835 troops, 461 were 

 inoculated ; among these there were no cases, 

 among the uninoculated there were 30 cases and 

 7 deaths. In India, of 30,353 troops, 4502 were 



